Month: October 2025

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) offer of a vote on extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies was not firm enough to move Democrats to end the government shutdown.   Thune told MSNBC on Wednesday that he was willing to guarantee a vote on ObamaCare subsidy extensions,…
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Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said Thursday he thinks the IRS should “just go away” since it can be used by both parties to target political opponents. “I’m rooting for the IRS to be closed. I’ve got a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th Amendment. I think it’s a massive invasion of privacy to collect all…
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President Trump will speak Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House official confirmed to The Hill, one day before Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The phone call will come as Trump is expected to turn his focus to ending the war in Ukraine after helping to broker a…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday defended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) and referred to her as a “good” Republican at a CNN town hall. The Vermont senator suggested that elected Republicans are “doing less of representing their districts and their states than just swearing allegiance to the President of the United States.” “So I…
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Republican leaders are acting weirdly terrified of baby boomers with signs.

The Trump administration is seeking to secure a total of $40 billion in financial assistance for Argentina to help the country’s libertarian leader stabilize its turbulent financial markets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that the U.S. is looking to provide an additional $20 billion to the Latin American ally, through a mix of…
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former Speaker of the House, told a right-wing reporter to “shut up” in response to a question about actions she took on Jan. 6, 2021. A reporter for LindellTV, an outlet founded by Trump ally Mike Lindell, followed Pelosi out of the Capitol on Wednesday and repeatedly pressed her about a…
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The Senate will pivot Thursday from efforts to reopen the government to a vote on whether to advance an $852 billion defense appropriations bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) scheduled the vote in an effort to put Democrats on the record if they block the measure, as Republicans spotlight how the shutdown is impacting national security. It also comes…
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Poor messaging has been the loser’s lament in politics for decades. No candidate or party ever wants to take responsibility for a loss, especially if that responsibility means their fundamental beliefs are out of step with the public.  President Trump and his administration have a different problem — he looks to be on the right…
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The actor recalled swerving a question from Ivana Trump and mocking a claim from the future president.

As Democrats look ahead to the midterms and the presidential election of 2028, one key data point has stood out about the last White House race: the number of Hispanics who stayed home, supporting neither President Trump nor former Vice President Kamala Harris.   New research from Voto Latino shows that Hispanic voters had the most…
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Virginia plays host Thursday night to a pivotal debate in the state’s attorney general race between incumbent Republican Jason Miyares and Democratic candidate Jay Jones, whose leaked texts about shooting a Republican lawmaker have jeopardized his standing in the race. Jones has apologized for the texts, sent in 2022, in which he said “three people,…
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The late night host said even the president’s “inner circle” is worried about this.

Scott Jennings claimed the president “made a great call.”

Trump has said his administration wanted to help “our neighbors,” but suggested the money could be pulled if Milei’s party did not prevail in the midterm elections.

The “Late Show” host spotted a report that could explain a lot about the president’s health.

The show is trolling the president with a subplot about his “butt baby” with Satan.

The former House speaker had zero patience for a reporter pushing MAGA talking points.

The reported proposals were slammed as “not American” and more.

Brown University has rejected the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would have required the university to make changes to its campus policies in exchange for an advantage in receiving federal funds. In a Wednesday letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House aides May Mailman and Vincent Haley, Brown President Christina Paxson said she…
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“I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little bit too far,” Trump said with a laugh.

The Democratic nominee for New York City Mayor touched on one area where he’d work with the White House.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Wednesday it is withholding more than $40 million in federal highway safety funding from California, over the state failing to comply with English language proficiency guidelines for commercial drivers. “I put states on notice this summer: enforce the Trump Administration’s English language requirements or the checks stop coming,” Transportation…
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“You use Christianity as a shield to hide behind when you need to justify the hate that you have scolded into this world,” Bryan Andrews said.

96 <!– Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care <!–   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story  Who might be hardest hit by expiring Obamacare tax credits  As the future of enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains in limbo, so do the millions of consumers who have come to…
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